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Bloomberg Technology’s March 18, 2026 episode covers two high-impact stories running in parallel: Nvidia’s confirmed return to Chinese chip demand and an escalating legal confrontation between Anthropic and the U.S. federal government.
On the hardware side, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed the company is actively receiving orders from China and ramping H200 chip sales, sending Nvidia’s stock into positive territory while the broader S&P 500 declined on Middle East tensions and inflation data. Huang disclosed that only 60% of chips currently ship to large hyperscale data centers — with enterprises building in-house AI capabilities representing a growing share — a detail analysts flagged as reducing Nvidia’s dependency on Microsoft and other major cloud buyers. The previously cited $1 trillion AI infrastructure figure was clarified to exclude new upcoming products, implying further upside.
The second major story covers the Trump administration’s formal effort to remove Anthropic from all U.S. federal agency contracts. The U.S. Undersecretary of Defense characterized Anthropic’s technology as an “unacceptable risk” after the company declined a contract modification governing how Claude is used in Department of Defense contexts. Anthropic has filed two lawsuits in response, with active proceedings underway in California. Bloomberg’s AI reporter Rachel contextualizes Anthropic’s stated position: the company has publicly denied ever remotely altering a deployed model’s behavior, though the federal government’s legal filing contests that framing.
📺 Source: Bloomberg Technology · Published March 18, 2026
🏷️ Format: News Analysis
